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Originally Posted by T Bone
Nice find. I remember BMW was claiming this was the first transmission that was made specifically for Sequential shifting before the E60 M5 was released.
I had a chat with a credible person online claiming he works for BMW (so take this with a grain of salt)....the new M3 will be a 6 speed either in manual format or the new version of sequential.
I wonder if future sequentials will be custom built or be just a control unit on the side of a regular manual tranny
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Sorry to quote myself but attached is part of a document from the E60 M5 product information guide.
Notice that the manual tranny is specifically built for SMG so the shift patterns would be messed up if you tried to shift manually. Also BMW seems to rule out manually shifting 7 gears.
So I wonder if the M3 tranny will be just a regular 6 speed with a DCT / ZSG / SMG control unit or if it will be built ground up as a sequential box.
BTW....isn't the transmission sexy??